IS THE EARTH

Is the earth,
my daughter
just a pit of slaughter
between wars,
the unreality of it
is how many souls
have forgotten the slain
in the story Abel by Cain
or honorable Joseph
betrayed by his brothers
in the whips of the wind
of those who in ignorance
go along with the politicians
forgetting the gospel
of good news
as some of the Christians
fail to tell the Jews
outside their church
who listen to the bell
tolling outside,
as the bride among ladies
is refused her groom
and left at the altar
for the gloom
of Hades or Hell.